Blue Origin, founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, is an American aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company. It develops reusable rocket engines, launch vehicles like New Shepard and New Glenn, in-space systems, and lunar landers such as Blue Moon. Blue Origin is also a NASA partner, collaborating on the Artemis program for lunar exploration and working towards a sustainable human presence on the Moon, with partners like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Draper. Key activities include space tourism, satellite deployment capabilities, and advancing technologies to lower space travel costs.
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Blue Origin and SpaceX are accelerating work on their human lunar landers for a possible landing as soon as early 2028.
NASA is using a first-ready lander approach that pits SpaceX against Blue Origin for the Artemis IV priority landing slot.
SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing next-generation spacecraft, rovers, and drones to support an American Moon base.
Blue Origin's NG-3 mission is targeting launch of AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite no earlier than Friday, April 10, 2026.
AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 is scheduled to launch on Blue Origin's NG-3 mission.
Amazon says it has contracted more than 100 launches for Amazon Leo, including 92 launches from United Launch Alliance, ArianeGroup, and Blue Origin, plus additional Falcon 9 flights purchased from SpaceX in early 2026.
NASA plans to make Artemis 3 an Earth-orbiting tech demonstration of a human landing system by Blue Origin or SpaceX.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was intended to be a core part of Amazon’s launch strategy for Kuiper.
Redwire is manufacturing multiple arrays for Blue Origin’s Blue Ring multi-orbit space mobility platform.
The CLPS contract includes an Australian Space Agency lunar rover and technologies from Blue Origin’s Honeybee Robotics.
NASA plans to transition from the government-owned Space Launch System to competitive commercial launch vehicles developed by companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Blue Origin is refurbishing the New Glenn booster and preparing to launch NG-3 in a few weeks with AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird Block 2 satellites.
Blue Origin is developing the super-heavy New Glenn 9×4 with four boosters and an 8.7-meter fairing to deliver 70 metric tons to low-Earth orbit.
Blue Origin landed its first reusable New Glenn first-stage booster in November during NG-2, which launched NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission.
Honeybee Robotics is a Blue Origin company.
Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 aft module and LOX/LH2 tanks are in assembly.
Amazon uses Arianespace, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin as launch providers for Amazon Leo.
Amazon secured an additional 10 Falcon 9 launch contracts and 12 New Glenn launch contracts earlier in 2026.
Blue Origin recently transitioned the Blue Moon MK1 aft module from a test fixture to a low-test stand for processing.
Blue Origin’s second Blue Moon MK1 lander is moving through the production line at Lunar Plant 1 in Florida.